[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR JULY 18 - AUG 3

Thu Jul 18 08:52:34 CDT 2002

>To: NWRC2600 at juno.com
>Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 23:31:31 -0500
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR JULY 18 - AUG 3
>X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.11
>From: nwrc2600 at juno.com
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>July 18 – August 3
>
>Sponsored by: New World Resource Center
>A Non-Profit Bookstore and Meeting Center
>2600 West Fullerton, Chicago IL USA 60647
>(773) 227 4011; (773) 489-5942 fax
>Open Tues-Fri, 3-9 pm; Sat-Sun 12-7 pm
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>New books below!
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>[Calendar listings begin Thursday thru following 2.5 weeks,
>includes submissions received by 5 pm Tuesday. 600 subscribers.
>To submit events or subscribe: NWRC2600 at juno.com]
>
>--July 18, Thurs, 7:30 am, Monsanto, St Louis, MO
>DIRECT ACTION AT MONSANTO
>Stop sales of Roundup Ultra for aerial eradication programs in Colombia
>Info: www.witnessforpeace.org/
>
>--July 18, Thurs, 8 pm, American Theatre Company, 1909 W Byron
>DOPE
>Defiant Theatre’s comedy on the drug wars, thru 8/10
>Info: 312-409-0585
>
>--July 18-21, Philadelphia, PA
>GREEN PARTY USA MIDTERM CONVENTION
>Info: http://gpus.org/convention.html
>
>--July 19, Fri, 12 pm, Boeing, 100 N Riverside
>VIGIL: BOEING-PROFITEERS OF WAR
>Info: 312-566-9780
>
>--July 19, Fri, 7 pm, St. Gertrude's Church, 1401 W Granville
>COFFEEHOUSE BENEFIT FOR SOA PROTESTORS
>Music by Sones de Mexico, poetry, theater, etc.
>Info: 312-641-5151
>
>--July 19, Fri, 8 pm, Southwest Youth Collaborative, 6400 S Kedzie
>CAFE INTIFADA
>Poetry, spoken word, open mic, etc, for the liberation of Palestine
>Info: jlahoud at juno.com
>
>--July 19-21, Fri-Sun, Athens, GA
>SOUTHERN GIRLS CONVENTION
>Annual grassroots meet of pro-woman activists
>devoted to empowering women & girls in South
>www.southerngirlsconvention.com/
>
>--July 20, Sat, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark,
>ANNUAL BOOK SALE thru 7/28
>Info: 773-769-9299
>
>--July 20, Sat, 10 am, TUC Congress House, London
>AFTER NEW LABOUR:
>THE THIRD SOCIALIST CONFERENCE
>Info: campaigngroup at aol.com
>
>--July 20, Sat, 1 pm, Riis Park, 6100 W Fullerton
>PROTEST POLICE MISCONDUCT
>Sponsor: Comite Exigimos Justicia
>Info: 773-772-9117
>
>--July 21, Sun, 2 pm, Montrose Harbor Park
>PEACE & JUSTICE PICNIC
>Sponsor: Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism
>Info: 312-458-9559
>
>--July 22, Mon, 6: 30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash, Rm 1440
>REVOLUTIONARY JOURNALISM AFTER SEPTEMBER 11
>Hear Kevin Michaels discuss role of News & Letters newspaper
>Info: 312-236-0799 or email: nandl at igc.org
>
>--July 23, Tues, 8:30 pm, Grant Park, Butler Field
>FILM: DR. STRANGELOVE
>Free outdoor showing of the cold-war satire
>
>--July 24, Wed, 7 pm, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
>HANS VON SPONECK
>Hear the former UN Assistant Secretary General &
>UN Humanitarian Aid Coordinator to Iraq
>Sponsor: McHenry County Peace Group
>Info: 815-455-3683
>
>--July 24, Wed, 7:30 pm, Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division
>BOONDOCKS CARTOONIST AARON MCGRUDER
>Sponsor: Guild Complex
>Info: 773-278-2210
>
>--July 25-28, Thurs-Sun, Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton
>NEWBERRY LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK FAIR &
>BUGHOUSE SQUARE DEBATES
>Debates: 6 pm 5/26, 1 pm 5/27
>Info: 312-255-3510 or www.newberry.org
>
>--July 25-29, Thurs-Mon, San Francisco State University
>STRATEGIES FOR PEACE, EQUALITY & JUSTICE
>IN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
>Tenth Anniversary Convention-Conference of
>Committees of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism
>Info: www.cofc.org
>
>--July 25-Aug 4, Chicago Filmmakers, various locations
>CHICAGO LESBIAN & GAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
>Info: www.chicagofilmmakers.org/reeling/
>
>--July 26, Fri, 5 pm, Boeing, 100 N Riverside
>ANTI-BOEING DEMONSTRATION
>Protest the builder of the nuclear Star Wars system
>Info: 312-566-9780 or ilpeace at igc.org
>
>--July 26, Fri, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza
>CHICAGO CRITICAL MASS MONTHLY BIKE RIDE
>Info: http://www.chicagocriticalmass.org
>
>--July 26-27, Fri-Sat, 6 am, Armory, North & Kedzie
>HOMELESS VETERANS STANDOWN
>Help prepare & serve food & care for homeless Vets
>Sponsor: Vietnam Veterans Against War
>Info: vvaw at prairienet.org
>
>--July 26-28, Fri-Sun
>CUBA LABOR CONFERENCE
>Sponsor: US/Cuba Labor Exchange
>Info: 313-561 8330 or laborexchange at aol.com
>
>--July 26-28, Fri-Sun, John Marshall Law School, 315 S Plymouth
>PEACE ACTION NATIONAL CONGRESS
>Retreats, plenaries, workshops, actions, etc
>Info: www.peace-action.org/home/
>
>--July 27-28, Sat-Sun, 1 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
>FILM: GAZA STRIP
>Documentary focuses on ordinary Palestinians
>Info: 773-281-4114
>
>--July 28, Sun, 1 pm, Garfield Park Field House, 100 N Central Park
>WHO'S WATCHING WHAT YOU READ?
>Hear Judith Krug, Intellectual Freedom Director of
>American Library Association, also Cliff Kelly
>$25/$10 tix benefit Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights
>Info: 312-939-0675 or CCDBR at pobox.com
>
>--July 28, Sun, 3 pm, Bremen Café, 901 E Clarke St, Milwaukee
>PROGRESSIVE MEDIA WORKSHOP
>Sponsor: Independent Media Center-Milwaukee
>Info: 414-372-5273 or http://milwaukee.indymedia.org
>
>--July 28, Sun, 3 pm, Oak Park First United Methodist Church
>324 N Oak Park Ave
>CHURCH EDUCATION SUMMIT ON PALESTINE
>Help develop resources, strategies and action networks
>Info: 773-379-9328 or scottaaseng at hotmail.com
>
>--July 28, Sun, 7 pm, Wellington United Church, 615 W Wellington
>A CALL TO END SANCTIONS ON IRAQ
>Hear Hans von Sponeck & Kathy Kelly,
>Sponsor: Voices in the Wilderness
>Info: 773-784-8065
>
>--July 29, Mon, 7 pm, DePaul University, 2320 N Kenmore
>Schmitt Academic Center, Rm 161
>BUSH'S TERROR WAR: WHY IT'S WRONG, HOW TO STOP IT
>Hear Rahul Mahajan, Texas Green candidate for governor &
>author of The New Crusade: America’s War on Terrorism
>Info: info at edgeupgreens.org
>
>--July 29, Mon, 7:30 pm, Fitzgerald’s, 6615 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn
>GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO REBUILD PALESTINIAN HOMES BENEFIT
>Live music, etc to aid Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions
>& Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights
>Info: amagoc at hotmail.com
>
>--July 31-Aug 4, Wed-Mon, Knoxville, TN
>STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COALITION
>SUMMER TRAINING INSTITUTE
>Also: anti-nuke protest on 8/4 at Oak Ridge, TN
>Info: 215-222-4711
>
>--Aug 1-4, Thus-Sun, Kansas University, Lawrence, KS
>180/MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION'S
>3RD CAMPUS DEMOCRACY CONVENTION
>Info: www.corporations.org/180mde
>
>--Aug 2-11, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
>BLACK HARVEST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FILM & VIDEO
>Info: www.siskelfilmcenter.org
>
>--Aug 3-10, Dublin City University, Ireland
>WAR RESISTERS' INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
>Info: triennial2002 at wri-irg.org or http://www.wri-irg.org
>
>--CALENDAR INFO: Send event title, date, time, location,
>phone & sponsor to NWRC2600 at juno.com
>by 5 pm Tuesday for events beginning Thursday
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>
>WEEKLY EVENTS
>Thurs, 5 pm, Randall Road & Route 36, Geneva IL
>FOX VALLEY PLEDGE OF RESISTANCE PEACE VIGIL
>Info: 847-742-6602 or marysedrop at aol.com
>
>Thurs, 7:30 pm, 2204 Green Bay Road, Evanston
>NEIGHBORS FOR PEACE WEEKLY MEETING
>Info: www.neighborsforpeace.org/
>
>Fri, 5 pm, First & Lincoln, City Clock Park, DeKalb IL
>DEKALB AREA PEACE GATHERING
>Info: garthliebhaber at hotmail.com
>
>Sat, 10 am – 3 pm, 1406 W Cullerton
>GIANT HUMANITARIAN BIKE SALE
>Info:708-466-6054 or www.geocities.com/workingbikes
>
>Sun, 12 pm, Water Tower
>END ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE
>Sponsor: Not In My Name. Info: www.nimn.org/
>
>Sun, 1 pm, corner Fullerton & Lincoln
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>
>Tues, 7 pm, University Church, 5655 S University Ave
>HYDE PARK COMMITTEE AGAINST WAR & RACISM
>WEEKLY MEETING
>Info: 773-377-5002 ext 5676 or hpstopwar at onebox.com
>
>Wed, 3 pm, Loyola El Station
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
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>
>NEW BOOKS AT NWRC:
>--Disposable Children; America's Child Welfare System, $15
>--Can We Put An End To Sweatshops? $12
>--Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, 24.95
>--Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, 17.95
>--Race Riot; Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919, $19.95
>--Behind the Poison Cloud; Union Carbide’s Bhopal Massacre, 8.95
>--Be the Difference: A Beginner's Guide To Changing the World
>--Ecological Democracy, $16
>--Resource Rebels: Native Challenges to Mining & Oil Corporations, $18
>--Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution & Profit, $14
>--The Imagination of the New Left: A Global Analysis of 1968, $20
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